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Top 5 Work Stress Triggers

 ~ Men vs Women

Workplace stress can be damaging on any level, affecting both the employee and employer ...

 

Top 5 Work Stress Triggers For Women

~ Dealing with difficult clients/customers

~ Heavy workload

~ Computer freezing in the middle of an important job

~ Boss demanding too much extra work

~ Computer taking too long to get going

 

Top 5 Work Stress Triggers For Men

~ Heavy workload

~ Boss demanding too much extra work

~ Dealing with difficult clients/customers

~ Computer freezing in the middle of an important job

~ Boss asking for work to be done which is outside job description

 

Men in the UK are "more likely to take sick leave" as compared to women. According to a new study by health insurance provider, Medicash, men are four times more likely to be absent from work through sickness due to work-related stress. The survey found that 20% of male respondents admitted to having taken at least two days off work within the last month due to worries over their job. Twice as many men also turned to alcohol as a result of work-induced stress compared to women.

 

"Workplace stress can be damaging on any level, affecting both the employee and employer," Medicash chief executive, Sue Weir, said. "Bosses have a duty of care and responsibility to look after their workforce."

 

However, the survey also concluded that women are more susceptible to stress-related illnesses, with 69% complaining of regular headaches and 57% experiencing difficulty sleeping.

 

Are You Paying The Right People To Do The Right Things?
Stop. Listen. Learn. Take a look at how you and your teams are spending their time ...

 

Make sure you are paying the right people to do the right things, whether it is sourcing, scheduling, arranging travel, or generating offer letters.

As an avid benchmarker, I spend a lot of time talking with members of recruiting organisations comparing recruiting strategies and processes. I was happy to oblige when I received a call from a director of recruiting at a major financial institution wanting to talk about the ideal requisition workbench for recruiters and how to optimise recruiting resources. For ease of explanation, I'll call this benchmarker Mary.

"Our target workbench for recruiting team members is between 25 and 30 requisitions, depending on position type," I explained. "Really?" Mary replied, "I'm surprised your recruiters handle that type of workload." I explained how our recruiting team was enabled by an in-house sourcing team with deep functional expertise focused solely on talent identification. She was still surprised at the workload. I was surprised that she was surprised, so I began to probe further. "What is your current target workbench?" I asked. "No more than 10 requisitions, regardless of position type," she answered.

Surprised again! 

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NFP Not-For-Profit Salary Survey Report 2010

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Your report also provides you with salary level comparisons by organisational size and location, as well as expert commentary on how and why NFP organisations provide bonuses to their employees.

 

We believe that this report will provide you with a valuable framework to manage competitive salary packaging for all your staff - now and into the future. 

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31st August 2010

Top 5 Work Stress Triggers

Are You Paying The Right People To Do The Right Things?

Not-For-Profit Salary Survey Report 2010

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Unclaimed Super 

~ Do you have any? Are you sure?

 

   

 

 Did you know that 1 in 2 working Australians have a lost super account?

 

There is $13.6 billion worth of superannuation money waiting to be claimed?

 

 To ensure you know where all your superannuation is, go to the Unclaimed Super website today.

 

 

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Going on Leave Was Supposed to Mean Less Stress, Right? While on leave, 39% of workers continue to receive work-related calls and emails, whilst 46% still think about work.

 

And the other side isn't that much greener either - more than half of Australian employees feel stressed and work harder when their colleagues take leave.

 

Why? Because their organisation did not adequately plan for employee time off, resulting in increasing workloads, lack of resources, and stress all around for remaining staff. [Source: Mind Resources Newsletter, August 2010]

 

 

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